Edge computing is a distributed computing model that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data. More broadly, it refers to any design that pushes computation physically closer to a user, so as to reduce the latency compared to when an application runs on a centralized data center.
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Origin YearSource dates the term only to the decade of the 1990s, not a single year; 1990 recorded as a circa anchor for the start of that decade. Core ConcernMoving computation and data storage physically closer to where data is generated, to cut latency compared with a centralized data center. 1 Connections
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Edge computing is defined against cloud computing, as computing pushed outside the cloud to the network's edge.
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Edge computing is a distributed computing model that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data.
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The term began being used in the 1990s to describe content delivery networks
Associated With: Cloud Computing, Concept section
Karim Arabi...described edge computing as computing that occurs outside the cloud, at the network's edge, particularly for applications needing immediate data processing.
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